I had the pleasure of eating here a few days after my horrible wait staff experience at Restaurant Portuscalle just a few doors down. The service and food quality was a thousand times better at Casa Minhota!
The dining room has lovely hand painted tile all around. There were about 6 tables of small groups and one huge table of about a dozen patrons all served diligently by ONE WAITER! Everyone got their food at a very reasonable time. Everyone had full water glasses, bread and olive oil, dessert menus. This guy was amazing. He was even humming and whistling the entire time.
We started with the chorizo which was delicious and prepared very well.
I ordered the house specialty grilled chicken which was very tasty and juicy. The accompanying salad was lightly dressed and fresh. The potatoes were crispy and flavorful.
My fiance ordered the filet which was served on a very, very, I mean magma hot, piece of slate or some other type of rock. The steak was sizzling as it was set on the table, and continued to sizzle for quite some time. The steak was done medium rare but continued to cook on the table. The stone remained hot through our entire dinner. I even heated up some of my leftover potatoes on it. It was great. You could literally cook the steak more to your liking if you don't like your steak a little red.
The wine choices complimented the meal perfectly. It was such a pleasantly different dining experience from the other place down the block. When back in Montreal, I would definitely eat at Casa Minhota again.